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The Inquirer: Trudy Rubin reviews Shakespeare in Kabul
'Last week I read a book called Shakespeare in Kabul that probably upends everything you thought you knew about Afghanistan.'
A review of SHAKESPEARE IN KABUL on The Shakespeare Blog
'It’s a fascinating story, beginning with the difficulties of translating the play, and the problems of finding actors since theatre is not part of Afghanistan’s culture...'
Hugh Thomson writes about SHAKESPEARE IN KABUL
'A remarkable new book has just come out about trying to mount a production of Shakespeare in Afghanistan, using a mixed cast, which of course is in itself a radical step...'
Dr Paul Edmondson on SHAKESPEARE IN KABUL
'I wish this book especially well because hearing Stephen talk about it reminded me of the freedoms that Shakespeare and poetry and drama make possible.'
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The Apple in the Dark Order now, only here or at the bookHaus! The Apple in the Dark marks the start of a long-overdue rediscovery of this extraordinary writer who continues to be cited as a great inspiration by authors today. |
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2009-10-01 9781906598457 Hardback UK & Commonwealth Fiction
Haus Price: £10.39 |
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A Minute's Silence A new novella from the eminence grise of German letters – a story of doomed love between a teenage boy and his teacher, in a small Baltic fishing community. |
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2009-09-01 9781906598440 Hardback UK & Commonwealth Fiction
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Everything Good Will Come 'Everything Good Will Come introduces an important new voice in contemporary fiction. It is 1971, a year after the Biafran War, and Nigeria is under military rule - though the politics of the state matter less than those of her home to Enitan Taiwo, an eleven-year-old girl tired of waiting for school to start. Will her mother, who has become deeply religious since the death of Taiwo's brother, allow her friendship with the new girl next door, the brash and beautiful Sheri Bakare? Everything Good Will Come charts the fate of these two African girls, one born of privilege and the other, a lower class ''half-caste''; one who is prepared to manipulate the traditional system while the other attempts to defy it. Written in the voice of Enitan, the novel traces this unusual friendship into their adult lives, against the backdrop of tragedy, family strife, and a war-torn Nigeria. In the end, Everything Good Will Come is Enitan's story; one of a fiercely intelligent, strong young woman coming of age in a culture that still insists on feminine submission. Enitan bucks the familial and political systems until she is confronted with the one desire too precious to forfeit in the name of personal freedom: her desire for a child. Everything Good Will Come evokes the sights and smells of Africa while imparting a wise and universal story of love, friendship, prejudice, survival, politics, and the cost of divided loyalties.' |
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2001-01-12 9781904456957 Hardback UK & Commonwealth Fiction
Haus Price: £12.99 |